Credit Cards

Citi Hilton Reserve Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits Earn 2 weekend night certificates after spending $2500 in first 4 months. We value this bonus at about $600 since you can redeem the free nights at most hotels within the Hilton Portfolio, including some of the most expensive ones. We value Hilton HHonors Point…
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FNBO TravElite Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

First National Bank TravElite American Express Card Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits Earn 25,000 points to redeem for a $250 statement credit, when you spend $2,500 in the first 3 billing cycles. The points earned from this card…
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AmEx Platinum Card for Goldman Sachs Review

The Platinum Card from American Express for Goldman Sachs Review This card has been there for years, but we didn’t mention it before. The main reason is that, it requires you to have a Goldman Sachs account to apply. However, you need to have $10M to be eligible to open a Goldman Sachs account. It is said that if you…
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Barclaycard CashForward Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

Barclaycard CashForward World MasterCard Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits Earn $200 after spending $1,000 in first 90 days. This is the best offer for the card. Earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases. Every time you redeem, get a 5%…
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Merrill Lynch Octave Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

Merrill Lynch Octave Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits Earn 2.5x Merrill Points on all purchases. The reward program are the same as the one for Merrill Plus credit card (discontinued). The points are worth up to 2 cents/point. See this post for a visualized point value distribution. The following is the official term about point value:…
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Alliant Visa Signature Credit Card Review (2.5% Cashback Card) (2025.6 Update: Discontinued)

Alliant Visa Signature Card Review 2025.6 Update: This card is now discontinued. Now sure what happens to existing cards. So it seems any cashback rate greater than 2% for every spending for a no fee card is not sustainable. 2021.6 Update: The annual fee is 0 now! 2021.3 Update: There’s an upper limit for 2.5% cashback now. Application Link Alliant…
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BBVA Compass NBA Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

BBVA Compass NBA American Express Card Review 2016.12 Update: Now the branches stopped accept applications, too. This card is discontinued. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits Earn 5% cash back on all purchases during the NBA All-Star Weekend and…
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Citi Hilton Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

Citi Hilton HHonors Visa Signature Card Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits Earn 40,000 HHonors Points after spending $1000 in first 4 months. The best offer is 75k, it’s better to wait for the highest sign-up bonus if you are not in an urgent situation. We value Hilton HHonors Point at 0.5 cents/point (Hotel Points Value), so…
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BoA Amtrak Guest Rewards Platinum Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

Bank of America Amtrak Guest Rewards Platinum World MasterCard Review 2022.1 Update: This card is discontinued. Application Link BoA Amtrak Guest Rewards Platinum Benefits Get 12,000 bonus points after you make at least $1,000 in purchases on your new card within 90 days of account opening.  The best offer is 15k. The Amtrak points worth about 2.5 cents/point, so the sign-up…
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CNB Visa Signature Credit Card Review (40k Offer & No Annual Fee!)

City National Bank (CNB) Visa Signature Credit Card Review Application Link The official webpage for this card is here, but you can’t apply online, you have to go to the branch to apply. The branches are only in the following states: California, Georgia, Nevada, New York and Tennessee. And the branch location map is here. Features: Limited Time Offer! Earn 40,000 points after spending…
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United MileagePlus Rewards Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

Chase United MileagePlus Rewards Credit Card Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits Get 25% bonus miles on MileagePlus X purchases. (You don’t have to use this card to make the purchase; instead, you will get the bonus as long as you have this card under your UA account.) More award availability (XN cabin) with this…
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JP Morgan Reserve Credit Card Review (Identical to CSR, replaced JP Morgan Palladium)

JP Morgan Reserve Review This is a new card only for JP Morgan Private Client. It replaced JP Morgan Palladium. Its benefits are identical to Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR). Application Link JP Morgan Reserve. Note that this is only a benefit page, not the application link. You need to contact your private banker to apply. Benefits Earn 100,000 Ultimate Rewards (UR) points after…
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JP Morgan Palladium Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

JP Morgan Palladium Review 2016.8.23 Update: This card is now discontinued, and is replaced by JP Morgan Reserve. According to an email posted on FT, this card will be automatically converted to JP Morgan Reserve. Note that you won’t receive a sign-up bonus if you convert your card. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits The credit limit is infinity…
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Capital One QuicksilverOne Cash Rewards Credit Card Review

Capital One QuicksilverOne Cash Rewards Credit Card Review Learn More Capital One QuicksilverOne Benefits Earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases. Disadvantages $39 annual fee, NOT waived for the first year. No sign-up bonus. Capital One will pull all three major credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax) for one credit card application! Recommended Application Time This card is only suitable for…
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